After 100 days in office, President Trump still claims any hint of a Russian campaign conspiracy is fake news.

In a "Face the Nation" interview Sunday, Trump waffled on whether he thinks Russia is responsible for the hack of Hillary Clinton campaign emails last year — but he denied any connection of the breach to his team.

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"The concept of Russia with respect to us is a total phony story," Trump said in the wide-ranging interview marking his 100 days in the White House.

"Of course, it's a total phony story... I can tell you one thing. Had nothing to do with us. Had nothing to do with this, and everyone knows it."

FBI Director James Comey took the unprecedented step in March of revealing the agency is investigating alleged ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Multiple U.S. intelligence reports have accused Kremlin-backed hackers of leaking emails from Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, in the final stretch of the presidential campaign.

Trump has steadfastly denied any ties between his campaign and the hack, even though the leaks came soon after he directly called upon Russia sleuths to target Clinton's emails. He has also wavered on whether he even believes Russia was behind the breach.

Trump said on "Face the Nation" he was "okay" with pointing the blame at Russia, but didn't seem totally convinced.

"Knowing something about hacking, if you don't catch a hacker in the act, it's very hard to say who did the hacking," Trump said.

"With that being said, I'll go along with Russia. Could've been China, could've been a lot of different groups... We have to find out what happened. I'd love to find out what happened."

Trump promised in January to deliver a "full report" on the hacking within 90 days of his presidency — but never delivered.

Meanwhile, his short tenure has seen numerous new revelations of people in Trump's campaign and White House — including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort — have direct ties to Russia.